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Maneuver warfare, or manoeuvre warfare, is a military strategy which emphasizes movement, initiative and surprise to achieve a position of advantage. Maneuver seeks to inflict losses indirectly by envelopment, encirclement and disruption, while minimizing the need to engage in frontal combat. In contrast to attrition warfare where strength tends to be applied against strength, maneuver warfare attempts to apply strength against weakness in order to accomplish the mission.^[1]

Maneuver warfare, the use of initiative, originality and the unexpected, combined with a ruthless determination to succeed,^[1] seeks to avoid opponents' strengths while exploiting their weaknesses and attacking their critical vulnerabilities and is the conceptual opposite of attrition warfare. Rather than seeking victory by applying superior force and mass to achieve physical destruction, maneuver uses preemption, deception, dislocation, and disruption to destroy the enemy's will and ability to fight.^[2]

Historically, maneuver warfare was stressed by small militaries, more cohesive, better trained, or more technologically advanced than attrition warfare counterparts. The term "tactical maneuver" is used by maneuver warfare theorists to refer to movement by forces to gain "advantageous position relative to the enemy," as opposed to its use in the phrase "maneuver warfare."^[3]

The idea of using rapid movement to keep an enemy off balance is as old as war itself.^[4] However, advanced technology, such as the development of cavalry and mechanized vehicles, has led to an increased interest in the concepts of maneuver warfare and in its role on modern battlefields.

^ ^a ^b "Design for Military Operations - The British Military Doctrine" (PDF). Army Code No 71451. No. D/CGS/50/8. Chief of the General Staff. 1996.
^ Barnes, Paul (9 March 2021). "Maneuver Warfare: "Reports of My Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated"". Modern War Institute.
^ Lind, William (1985). Maneuver Warfare Handbook'. Routledge.
^ van Creveld, Martin; Brower, Kenneth S; Canby, Steven L (1994). "Air power and maneuver warfare". Alabama: Air University Press. p. 1.

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